1979 Tom Darter Music Theory Seminar - Scales, Keys & Key Signatures

A piece of music is considered to be in a particular key if it uses one of the major or minor scales as a basis for its structure. The tonic of the scale is also the tonic (or key note) of the piece - the piece is said to be in that key...

1979 Tom Darter Music Theory - Scales, Keys, Key Signatures 1-Pg Article available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1979 Tommy Tedesco Studio Log - Movie "Heartbeat" Soundtrack

Project: movie - "Heartbeat"
Leaders: Jack Nitzsche and Shorty Rogers
Hours Worked: 19
Wages Earned: $1248.66

1979 Tommy Tedesco Studio Log - Movie "Heartbeat" Soundtrack 1-Pg Article available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1979 Jerry Silverman Easy Guitar Lesson - Introduction to 7/8 Time

...let's sail away to the Greek Islands...much of the music in that part of the world is "seven-pulsed"..."Yerakina" is a Greek folk song in 7/8 time about the trials and tribulations of a young lady by that name...

1979 Jerry Silverman Easy Guitar Lesson - Intro to 7/8 Time 1-Pg Article available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1979 Howard Roberts Jazz Guitar Improvisation Lesson - Getting Bends Under Control

This month's article is a return to the basic moves series that began with the February '78 issue of GP and continued through March '79. The fundamental idea running throughout has been that with the mastery of the basic physical and technical skills of guitar playing, the guitarist's distinctive personal style will be allowed to come through...Now let's talk about bending strings...

1979 Howard Roberts Guitar Lesson - Bending Strings 1-Pg Article available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1979 Stefan Grossman Acoustic Guitar Set - Jim McLennan's "Joe Rag"

"I have personally recorded several of Jim McLennan's arrangements of classic rags and below I've included the first section of "Joe Rag," one of his original compositions. Give it a try..."

1979 Stefan Grossman Acoustic Set - Joe McLennan's "Joe Rag" 1-Pg Article available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1979 Jeff Newman Pedal Steel Guitar Lesson - How to use chromatic strings

If you play pedal steel guitar you are undoubtedly aware of what the term "chromatics" means. When I first started playing there wasn't yet such a thing as chromatic tuning on any steel guitar...I finally learned that they are the first two strings on the E9 tuning, F# and D#...The true E9 tuning starts on the third string (G#), and the chromatic strings are on the outside. This in itself causes most new pedal steel fans to give up the ghost when they first start to play...

1979 Jeff Newman Pedal Steel Guitar Lesson -Chromatic strings 1-Pg Article available at www.GuitarPulp.com

Vintage 1979 Mechanical Accessories article: Devices for expanding the guitar's sound

...Almost parallel to the electric guitar's development was the experimentation into producing mechanically-induced vibrato on the guitar. The idea was simple enough: to be able to change the pitch of a note, or notes, without having to change left-hand fingerings. Vibrato is commonly achieved on nonfretted instruments (violin, viola, cello, etc.) simply by gently rocking the left-hand finger (that is stopping the string) back and forth, parallel to the string. Since the guitar has frets, such a method of pitch variation is impossible. Bending the guitar's strings is the most common method of achieving vibrato.

Photos shown:

- Doc Kauffman's Vib-Rola, patented 1929
- Rickenbacker vibrato tailpiece
- Early '60s Gibson vibrola, with rare ebony tail-block and decorative inlay
- Bigsby made vibrato tailpieces in various styles for several manufacturers, including Gretsh.
- Leo Fender's patent for the Stratocaster vibrato.
- Strat Vibrato (L-R): string anchor block, tension springs, spring plate, adjustment screws
- Mosrites feature a number of vibrato styles; this one entails individual roller bridges.
- Bigsby Palm Pedal
- E Bow with holster
- Early MSA Pedal Pitch
- Top view of Gizmotron
- Bottom view showing plectra (lower right)
- Lol Creme demonstrates the Gizmotron

1979 Mechanical Accessories / Vibrato Devices 8-Page Article available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1979 George Benson - Platinum Jazz & Phil Upchurch - sharing leads with George

...Clearly George Benson has reached an entirely new level of success. At only 36 years of age he has forged an indelible mark in music history by becoming the first artist to ever hold down the highest spot on the jazz, R&B, and pop charts. He has played for presidents and kings, won nearly all of the music awards in his field, and reached the highest levels, both artistically and financially, in the enertainment world...

...Phil Upchurch...has recorded eight solo albums over the last decade in addition to his work with George Benson, including the two-record set "Darkness, Darkness" and the recently released "Phil Upchurch" which was produced by George Benson and guitarist John Tropea. Phil's formidable skills as a guitarist, composer, and arranger make him appear nearly overqualified for the job he has so deftly held down thes past three years...

Scott Esterson On George Benson's equipment... He's traveled with Benson all over the U.S. as well as to Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe. He's also assisted in the recording of several Benson Albums...here he discusses Benson's and Phil Upchurch's onstage setups...

1979 George Benson - Phil Upchurch - Scott Esterson 15-Page Article available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1979 Mark Knopfler - Innovative leader of Dire Straits

Riding confidently on the crest of popular acclaim for their hit song "Sultans Of Swing," the British rock group Dire Straits has experienced almost overnight success - a contemporary rags-to-riches story whose title might read "From Poverty to Platinum." Guided by lead guitarist Mark Knopfler, the band has gone from getting together and recording a demo tape in the summer of 1977 to cutting what has now become a certified platinum LP (selling in excess of 1,000,000 discs), "Dire Straits" (Warner Bros., BSK 3266), all in less than two years...

1979 Mark Knopfler - Innovative leader of Dire Straits 3-Page Article available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1979 Roy Bookbinder - Traveling Country Bluesman

"Sporting dapper clothes, a wide-brim hat, old fashioned rimless glasses, and a mustache thick enough to hide half a toothpick, Roy Bookbinder seems an unlikely candidate for a country blues performer. But just give him an old steel-string acoustic guitar and a place to play, and he'll take you back to the days when performers like Blind Willie McTell, Bessie Smith, Willie Brown, and Blind Boy Fuller were nightly rolling their lives and music together, calling it the blues..."

Photos shown:

- Roy Bookbinder (R) with Doc Watson.
- Roy Bookbinder with Ray Charles.

1979 Roy Bookbinder - Traveling Country Bluesman 6-Page Article available at www.GuitarPulp.com

The 1979 Vintage Guitar Market: Its Instruments, Dealers, And Collectors

Sunburst Les Paul, mint, $4500. Maple-neck Strats, $1000 and up. Flying V's slashed to $3300; cash only. Will trade Explorer for late-model Oldsmobile.

One thing that all the old guitars in this hypothetical advertisement have in common is that they used to list for about $250. What's going on? Why does someone trade in an armload of new guitars for a single old one? Why do some Les Pauls have virtually no pure "collector's value" while others are worth 20 times their original price? Are old instruments really better? Which ones? Why, and why not? Is the dusty old guitar under your bed a potential gold mine, or just a dusty old guitar? This article will answer some of these questions, present opinions on others, and examine the interactions of buyers and sellers, instruments and prices, fads and trends...

Shown in the following pictures:

- Larry Henrikson brought hundreds of guitars to the Dallas show: here's one corner of his exhibit.

- Sunburst Les Paul Standard; note tiger striping.

- 1934 Martin 000-45

- D'Angelico Excel arch-top acoustic

- Bart Wittrock (L) and Dave Wintz represented Houston's Rockin' Robin at the Dallas Guitar Show.

- Gene Witte's Danelectro Longhorn bass features concentric tone and volume knobs

- SG / Les Paul Standard, circa 1960

- 1958 Gibson Flying V

- 1924 Gibson L-5 arch-top steel-string

- Gibson's first Les Paul, the 1952 gold-top

- Ed Seelig's Style 2 National tri-plate (with three resonating sound cones) from the early '30s.

- 1955 Fender Precision Bass

1979 Vintage Guitar Market 16-Page Article available at www.GuitarPulp.com

Brian Jeffery - Historian, Music Editor, Fernando Sor's Biographer

"Brian Jeffery is a 40-year-old British guitarist, lutenist, musicologist, editor, and publisher who is among the handful of scholars today working to fill some of the long-standing musicological gaps in the history of the guitar. One of his most recent projects, for example, is a full-length biography of the early 19th century Spanish composer / guitarist Fernando Sor. The book, "Fernando Sor, Composer And Guitarist"..."

Included with the article is the sheet music to Fernando Sor's "El Que Quisiera Amando"

1979 Brian Jeffery Fernando Sor Biographer 6-Page Article available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1994 Guitar Player: Remembering the '70s

Features: Velvet Underground; Ronny Jordan; Caspar Brotzmann; David Lindley; Swervedriver - Franklin & Hartridge shift into overdrive; Stone Temple Pilots - Dean DeLeo deflects his detractors; The Hellecasters "Highlander Boogie"; Columns: From Roots to Rock - Dave Rubin - B.B. King's Mixolydian Blues; Modern Classical: Benjamin Verdery - Play that funky music Lute Boy!; more

1994 February Guitar Player Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1994 Pearl Jam - Mike McCready's grunge-to-groove evolution.

Features: Pearl Jam - Mike McCready's grunge-to-groove evolution; Paul Gilbert; Moby Grape; Eddie Kirkland; Joe Satriani; 1993 Readers Poll Awards; Eric Johnson Music Lesson - inside Eric's explosive melodic style; George Van Eps - portrait of a chordal genius, includes music lesson; The Blues before Robert Johnson; Rickie Lee Jones; Slash goes Punk; more

1994 January Guitar Player Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1993 Guitar Player - Stevie Ray Vaughan Lesson - The essential licks

Features: Stevie Ray Vaughan Lesson - The essential licks; 100 Guitar Bargains - sweet deals on guitars, amps, effects and more; Rush - Alex Lifeson on his new "Counterparts"; Junior Brown -honky tonk guitar hero; Skin Yard's Jack Endino; Jimi Hendrix Tribute starring Slash, Buddy, McCready and other voodoo children; Smashing Pumpkins; Steve Cropper -the soul man tours with Neil Young; Dream Theater - John Petrucci's progressive power plays; The Guitar Legacy of Astor Piazzolla; Beach Boys; more

1993 December Guitar Player Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

How to Play Slide Guitar

How to Play Slide: Tube that Finger!; Ry Cooder; Ry's Chicken Skin Slide; The Muddy Waters Style; Duane Allman - Beginnings; Allman Brothers & Little Feat; Slide in Standard Tuning; New Slide Visionaries; Features: Ministry; Los Lobos; Marc Bonilla; Megadeth; more

1992 November Guitar Player Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1992 Deep Blues - John Lee Hooker - The Funkiest Man Alive!

Contents: Deep Blues: John Lee Hooker -the funkiest man alive; Born to Boogie -learn directly from the man; Buddy Guy -"My guitar is almost like my love"; Albert Collins; Deep down in The Delta; Johnny Winter; 25 Licks you must know; Smokestack Lightnin' - 8 classic blues setups; Features: Phish; Curve; Kevin Eubanks -the new Tonight Show guitarist turns his back on fuzak; more

1992 August Guitar Player Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1993 Jeff Beck - the Dark Knight returns

Contents: Jeff Beck - the Dark Knight returns; Beck Lesson - Music from Jeff's new LPs "Crazy Legs" and "Frankie's House"; Steve Stevens; Jeff Healey; Mercury Rev - Jonathan Donahue and Grasshopper on found sounds and tortured guitars; Vicente Amigo; Albert King -the blues legend remembered; Pete Anderson; Early Lap Steels; more

1993 April Guitar Player Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1992 Keith Richards - rock's ultimate outlaw gets filthy

Contents: Keith Richards - rock's ultimate outlaw gets filthy; David Rhodes; Buckethead; Steve Khan; The new alternate tunings; Scotty Moore; Fred Frith; Tube Combo Shootout; Marshall's 30th Anniversary -a celebration of the early days with photo gallery; more

1992 December Guitar Player Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1992 Guitar Player - The Art of Improvisation - lessons with the masters

Contents: The Art of Improvisation - lessons with the masters - John McLaughlin, Bill Frisell, John Scofield; The Jesus and Mary Chain; Jah Wobble - from punk to Arabian reggae; Cornell Dupree; John Leventhal; The Black Crowes - Rich Robinson pulls no punches; Solidbody Shootout - comparing 19 models under $750; Steve Morse Workshop - chordal magic and the craft of composition; more

1992 July Guitar Player Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1992 Guitar Player - Mark Knopfler - temper & technique

Contents: Mark Knopfler - Dire Straits leader makes it cry and sing; Thee Hypnotics - Ray Hanson's grit & glitter; Arc Angels - Tex-Rock after Stevie Ray; Funk Summit - lethal lessons with Leo Nocentelli, Nile Rodgers & Randy Jacobs; B.B. King - Talking about Lucille; XTC - the reluctant gods of smart pop; Vintage Guitar Bargain Guide; Workshops; more

1992 June Guitar Player Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1992 Guitar Player - Wah-Wah user's guide - Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton Transcriptions

Contents: Wah-Wah user's guide - Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton Transcriptions - "White Room" Solo, "Voodoo Chile"; NAMM; Lee Ritenour; Rick Vito; The Church's Marty Willson-Piper; Adrian Belew; My Bloody Valentine; Delta Blues Secrets; Workshops; more

1992 May Guitar Player Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1991 Guitar Player - Rush - Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson deepen the groove

Contents: Rush - Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson deepen the groove; Robbie Nevil; Happy Mondays - Mark Day's ecstatic Manchester dance pop; Mimi Fox; Simple Minds; Guitarists of P-Funk; Queensryche - Chris DeGarmo and Michael Wilton's progressive rock with fangs; Tube Amps - what they don't want you to know; Harmony Unchained; more

1991 November Guitar Player Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1991 Guitar Player - Metallica - modern metal's biggest band reinvents itself

Contents: Metallica - modern metal's biggest band reinvents itself; Jerry Garcia - Garcia & Grisman - the head Dead's acoustic side; Richard Thompson - hands-on hints from the avant-roots visionary; Jimmy Wilsey with Chris Isaak; Leo Fender in his own words; Alex De Grassi - A fingerstyle master's circular odyssey; Evan Johns; Scott Henderson; Zairian soukous master Diblo Dibala; more

1991 September Guitar Player Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1991 Guitar Player - New Rage: Sonic Youth, Fishbone, Primus

Contents: New Rage - Sonic Youth, Fishbone, Primus; Chris Cain; Paul Leary; Larry Collins; R&B Genius Curtis Mayfield; Eddie Van Halen; The Legacy of Leo Fender; Selling Your Record; Workshops; more

1991 August Guitar Player Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1992 Guitar Player Special Issue: Unplugged! The Acoustic Revolution

Contents: Special Issue: Unplugged! The Acoustic Revolution; Acoustic Design; Portraits in Acoustic; MTV Unplugged; Steel String Fire - lessons from the Masters; Acoustic Secrets of the Beatles, Stones, Suzanne Vega, Tracy Chapman and others; Ray Flacke; Hubert Kappel; more

1992 April Guitar Player Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1992 Neil Young - Secrets of the Grunge King

Contents: Neil Young - Secrets of the Grunge King; Richie Sambora - beyond Bon Jovi; Smashing Pumpkins; Blues Traveler & Widespread Panic; Tube Combo Shootout; The Cult's Billy Duffy; The Guitar Legacy of Miles Davis - plus lessons & transcriptions; Vince Gill; more

1992 March Guitar Player Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1992 Guitar Player - The quest for the ultimate tone

Contents: The quest for the ultimate tone - a comprehensive guide to getting great electric guitar sound; Al Di Meola; Prince's guitarists past & present; Seattle Erupts! - Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Mudhoney; Music Workshops; Readers Poll Awards; more

1992 February Guitar Player Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1991 Guitar Player - Slash - the hands behind the Guns N' Roses hype

Contents: Slash - the hands behind the Guns N' Roses hype; American Music Club; Robert Ward - Stinging blues, tender R&B; Godflesh - Industrial Metal meltdown; Jean-Paul Bourelly; Robbie Robertson - The Latest Waltz; David Grissom - Mellencamp's Hotshot; Ride - gorgeous British pop grunge; Vintage Amp Bargain Guide; Blues Turnarounds - an encyclopedia of classic changes; Joan Jett - keep it simple; Workshops; more

1991 December Guitar Player Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1991 Guitar Player - Vernon Reid - free your mind and your axe will follow

Contents: Vernon Reid - free your mind and your axe will follow; Eric Johnson - Texas Chainsaw lead guitar concepts; Albert Lee - a superpicker reveals his roots; liquid jesus; Divinyls; Rory Gallagher Slides Again; Redefining the F-Word - embracing Hall, Hendrix, Christian & Berry - 5 new faces rejuvenate fusion; Nils Lofgren; more

1991 June Guitar Player Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1991 Guitar Player - Hot rod your axe - redo it yourself

Contents: Hot-Rod your Axe; Redo it Yourself; Fender's Custom Shop; Inside Warmoth -factory tour; Paul Simon; Robin Guthrie of the Cocteau Twins; Anthrax; The Reckless Precision of Tuck Andress with transcription of "Sweet P."; Legends of Guitar - Rhino Records celebration of guitar heroes and unsung greats; more

1991 February Guitar Player Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1990 Guitar Player Readers Poll Awards

Contents: Readers Poll Winners; Faith No More - Jim Martin; Junior Brown - rips on both guitar and steel without changing instruments; Russtone - the Soviet Union's first private guitar manufacturer; Leo Kottke with "Little Beaver" transcription; Ben Mandelson & Hijaz Mustafa; Daniel Hecht's China Memoir; Speaker Basics; Workshops; more

1991 January Guitar Player Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1974 Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Greg Lake is the surrounded "L" in "ELP", the British trio which has brought to the forefront the power of classical music in a rock format. Revolving around Keith Emerson's keyboard wizardry, it is Greg's indisputably precise bass playing and incomparably expressive singing which form the foundation of the band...

1974 Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake & Palmer 3-Page Article available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1974 New From Takoma, Leo Kottke, Peter Lang and John Fahey in a triple-header.

New From Takoma, Leo Kottke, Peter Lang and John Fahey in a triple-header; Mike Auldridge of "Dobro" fame with another all-star cast of country pickers.

1974 Takoma Leo Kottke, Peter Lang, John Fahey, Mike Auldridge Ad available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1974 Ernie Ball Bulletin - Flash from the "Ball Eagle"

It's like this, squirt: There's no longer an extra first & second string in the sets... Hey Pops!!! How come Slinky sets were $4.40 yesterday and they're only $3.70 today???

1974 Ernie Ball Bulletin - Flash from the "Ball Eagle" Ad available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1974 Ad for The Guitar Study Center.

The only thing small about The Guitar Study Center is the size of the classes. Workshops of 5 or 6 people meet once a week at the Guitar Study Center. You study with musicians like Eddie Simon, Director of the Center, touring guitarist of Simon and Garfunkel. David Cohen of Country Joe and The Fish. Ron Parker, jazz guitarist. Barry Kornfield, New York studio musician. If you've been playing the same 5 or 6 chords for the last 5 or 6 years, workshops in folk, jazz, classical, blues and rock are forming now. This term's expanding curriculum includes courses in bass guitar, blues harp and a new Songwriting Course, specifically designed from the guitarist's point of view. Why not spend your summer learning to make music?

1974 The Guitar Study Center Ad available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1974 Vintage Ad - piece by piece, part for part - The Martin Guitar. Still Handmade.

piece by piece, part for part - The Martin Guitar. Still Handmade. Nazareth Pennsylvania Since 1833.

1974 The Martin Guitar. Still Handmade. Ad available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1991 Jimi Hendrix Rhythm Workshop - "Electric Ladyland" Transcription

Contents: Dweezil Zappa; Adrian Legg; David Torn; Jimi Hendrix Rhythm Workshop - "Electric Ladyland" Transcription; Bob Marley Remembered; Dread Zeppelin; Eddie Van Halen - My New Axe; New Gear - Visions for the '90s; Workshops: Frank Gambale - Brave New Guitar; Paul Gilbert - Terrifying Guitar 101; more

1991 May Guitar Player Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1991 Nuno Bettencourt - what makes this Extreme guitarist tick?

Features: Nuno Bettencourt - what makes this Extreme guitarist tick?; Steve Morse -his best yet; Andy Summers - Bold Trans-fusion; Testament's Alex Skolnick; The Pixies - Gods of Unpop; Mark Whitfield -new wave of old jazz; Roger McGuinn takes off; Workshops: new column - Andy Widders-Ellis, Rhythm & Grooves; Benjamin Verdery -comtemporary classical; Howard Morgen -fingerstyle; more

1991 April Guitar Player Magazine Back-Issue available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1974 Guild M-75 single cutaway solid body guitar

Before you buy a similar looking guitar try the Guild M-75. Guild costs you a lot less, yet give you features the other doesn't have - including a phase switch and master volume. Guild Humbuckers are firmly mounted, with 3-way tilt adjustment for accurate pick-up placement. M-75CS: Chrome Hardware; M-75GS: Gold-plated hardware.

1974 Guild M-75 single cutaway solid body guitar Ad available at www.GuitarPulp.com

1974 SG System Amplifier - the options are standard

...Options are essential in today's music. And they're built in for reliability and convenience. Like a Notch Shift Control that gives the SG voicings to match almost any amp on the market...

1974 SG System Amplifier - the options are standard Ad available at www.GuitarPulp.com